Activist: Obama Should Focus on Cap-and-Trade
By Paul Bedard, Washington Whispers
Hollywood environmental activist Ed Begley Jr. is starting to wonder if the administration is ready to take on energy and global warming. First, the star of the quirky Living With Ed, which shifts to Planet Green October 21, thinks President Obama should focus on the cap-and-trade and energy legislation in Congress. "I think he needs to turn up the heat on this," says Begley, whose show focuses on his extreme enviro lifestyle. "The big battle, the healthcare issue, I guess he's putting all his focus on that right now," he says. And Begley raises an eyebrow at the elbowing aside of former Obama green adviser Van Jones, who left after his harsh comments about Republicans hit the airwaves. "I think he's a very good man. I never found him to be divisive," Begley says of Jones. "He's a very all-inclusive guy who welcomes everybody to pull together and do good things." Still, he thinks Obama's doing well in a job he would never take. "Oh, God, that seems like the worst job in the world. I don't know how a guy as smart as Obama would want to do that. It is just amazing to me. It just seems like the worst job to have."
Tags: Barack Obama | environment | global warming | energy
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ed begley jr
a man who reads scripts written by other people for a living.
he's a robot.
his pal Van Jones hates skinny white softies like Eddie Jr.
Cap aTradend
Ed Begley Jr is a real strange dude.. We have environmentsl problems which need an approach which will not bsnkrupt the Us..
His idea is to return to the 19th Century and stick it to the little guy.
Who cares what Begley thinks?
Forget Cap and Trade. Too expensive and not proven to be needed. Good riddance to that communist Van Jones.
The messiah should focus on the economy and improving it rather than continually spending money and increaasing the debt. Yesterday, after 9 months in office and repudiating what the Republicans have been saying, Obama gives a little speech and says helping small business should be at the forefront of jobs creation and economic recovery. Duh! How long did it take the bright boy to wake up?
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